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"Armion is an interesting one, no?"

*Nikki nods in before turning back to Synge.*



*Turning her attention back to Synge she nods.*

"He's one of the customers here, and a close friend. But, all of the people staying here are my friends, just in your own unique ways."

*When you look over toward Ksi she looks over at him, then back to you.*

"Ah, yes. You two have spent quite alot of time together lately havn't you? The three of you actually?"

*She motions to Ksi, Red, and yourself.*

Ksi smiles at his friend's conversation. He then nods to Red.

"Don't worry, you'll come to understand it better as we continue your training."

*Synge nodded as Nikki spoke and a small smile appeared as she heard herself being called a friend, this was very new to her.*

I see. That's good, friends are nice.

*Another, even greater smile broke out across her lips when Nikki talked about them spending a lot of time together. She nodded.*

Yep, and it has been a lot of fun, not to mention informative. I watched the two of them spar earlier and it was quite amazing, I've never seen anything like that before.

"We can have another lesson tomorrow, I think that would be a good time. Gather your strength till then."

Ksi smiles and finishes drinking his water, taking a piece of ice into his mouth and chewing on it.

A small black spec on the horizon of the sea appears. Over time, it slowly becomes bigger, until finally a large, battered ship of some kind slowly sloshes through the waves towards the shore. Bits of it were still smoking as small fires were partially raging.

Amid the deck of the ship lay hundreds of corpses, thier bodies charred beyond recognition. The half-burned bit of cloth at the tip of the mast indicated it was once a pirate ship. But no longer. It seemed to emit a kind of dark shadow that dampened the sunlight that struck it's wood, almost absorbing it in.

At the wheel stood the only unscathed and untouched being on the ship. Clad in a long black trenchcoat. His arms and legs were wrapped in bandages with runic writing on them. His simple black pants the only other form of clothing on him. His cold blue eyes stared at the shore, even as the sun started to set. He smiled briefly. Revealing very long canines that glinted in what little light reflected off of them.

"Finally.....Land."

He said quietly as the ship eventually beached itself, causing him to have to hang on to avoid being thrown off. He got his balance then leapt off. Walking away from the ship across the sand, before whirling around suddenly.

"Katon, Hiken!"

He spun around and thrust his fist towards the ship, a massive ball of flame launching off of his arm and smashing into the ship, causing it to explode loudly and ignite into a HUGE inferno.

He lowered his hand, shaking abit of the smoke off of it as he looked around with a mildly amused grin.

"Where have I come to now?"

He pondered.

He spun around at the sound of the new voice, his hands up in a defensive stance. Then he relaxed.

"Oh, HEY. Didn't know where I was for a moment. You know how it is, you get marooned on an island, Pirates come to try and make you thier slave. You kill abunch of pirates, and are on a boat you have no idea how to steer."

He gestured to the burning wreckage of the ship behind him.

"Eh, you know, wandering around. Training....nothing much to do when there's no business at the castle. Hmmm, they're probably going to try and send someone out to find me soon to tell me some sort of political disaster is taking place. Eh."

He grunted slightly, glancing over across the ocean the way he came with a dissatisfied look on his face.

He slowly cracked his neck from side to side, rolling it around as he held his hands down, flexing his fingers somewhat.

"Ah that sounds like a..."

He suddenly shot towards Ksi, kicking a rock up with his foot and snagging it in his hand as he launched it towards the man without warning, seeking to close the distance quickly, although running in sand tends to be difficult, he was kicking up large clouds of it with each thrust of his bandaged feet.

"GOOD IDEA!"